Tutor to university teaching assistant
A tutor already meets 48% of what the university teaching assistant role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
49.8/ 100
1 How much of what a university teaching assistant is expected to do is already part of a tutor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the university teaching assistant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A university teaching assistant role treats 7 of its required skills as things a tutor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
- curriculum objectives
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A university teaching assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tutor background worth leading with.
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities management skills
- already held escort students on a field trip assisting and caring
- already held assist in the organisation of school events management skills
- already held assist students with equipment assisting and caring
- already held assessment processes education
- already held prepare lesson content communication, collaboration and creativity
All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the university teaching assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn provide assistance to lecturer required
- still to learn provide lesson materials required
- still to learn supervise practical courses required
- optional, not held assist students with their dissertation optional
- optional, not held assist scientific research optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- still to learn university procedures required
- optional, not held conduct qualitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct scholarly research optional
- optional, not held monitor developments in field of expertise optional
- optional, not held action research optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- optional, not held assign homework optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a university teaching assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 provide assistance to lecturer practise this
- 02 university procedures study this
- 03 provide lesson materials practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held assess students skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assign homework optional
- optional, not held assist students with their dissertation optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held action research optional
- optional, not held assist scientific research optional
- optional, not held conduct qualitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct scholarly research optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
- optional, not held monitor developments in field of expertise optional
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
25 held skills the university teaching assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply pre-teaching methods skill
- not needed by the target role apply teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
- not needed by the target role assist children with homework skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
- not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
- not needed by the target role identify learning disorders skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents skill
- not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
- not needed by the target role perform playground surveillance skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role provide teacher support skill
- not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
- not needed by the target role tutor students skill
- not needed by the target role use food preparation techniques skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn university procedures required
- optional, not held action research optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Common questions about this move
Can a tutor become a university teaching assistant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A tutor already covers 48% of what a university teaching assistant is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 7 of which the university teaching assistant role treats as required.
What skills does a tutor need to become a university teaching assistant?
4 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is provide assistance to lecturer.
How hard is the move from tutor to university teaching assistant?
Its learning distance is 49.8 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.